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HOWARD COUNTY MOTEL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING - BALTIMORESUN.COM,
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-motel-carbon-050
1,0,3364397.story
A Howard County motel was temporarily evacuated Saturday night after
rescue personnel discovered high levels of potentially lethal carbon
monoxide there, a county fire and rescue spokesman said.
Responders were called to the Sleep Inn on Second Street in North
Laurel about 8:32 p.m. to check a report of a possible chemical leak,
and found five children complaining of headaches and nausea, according
to Battalion Chief Eric D. Proctor. Monitoring equipment detected high
levels of poisonous carbon monoxide gas in the air, prompting
authorities to evacuate 30 motel occupants and take 11 of them to
hospitals in Laurel and Columbia. All were released after evaluation,
Proctor said.
An improperly functioning pool heater was found to be generating the
gas, and it was shut down. All the motel's occupants were allowed to
return to their rooms after the building was ventilated, Proctor said.
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CONTRACTOR DIES IN LABORATORY EXPLOSION,
http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/harford_county/contractor-dies-in-
laboratory-explosion
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - An Aberdeen Proving Ground contractor
died Saturday afternoon in an explosion at a laboratory.
Officials say the explosion and subsequent fire happened in the
Edgewood area of the installation, at about 3:00 p.m.
The Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire Department responded to the fire
alarm and 911 call at a Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
laboratory facility.
The fire was quickly extinguished and the area secured.
There were others workers in the building but no others were injured.
Aberdeen Proving Ground Officials say this is an isolated incident and
there is no threat to the work force, the rest of the Proving Ground
or the surrounding community.
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FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT INJURED AFTER CHEMICAL REACTION
ACCIDENT - KWGN,
http://www.kwgn.com/news/kdvr-student-injured-reaction-txt,0,6773614.story
LONGMONT, Colo. -- Authorities say a Front Range Community College
student has been taken to a hospital after she suffered burns while
diluting a chemical in a jewelry studio classroom.
Longmont emergency manager Dan Eamon tells the Daily Times-Call the
woman was injured Saturday by a chemical reaction while she was
diluting ferric chloride. The chemical is often used for water
treatment and to etch metal.
Eamon says there was no explosion, although that had been the initial
report as police, fire and hazardous materials units went to the scene.
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HOTEL ROOM FIRE STARTED BY METH LAB,
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/hotel-room-fire-started-by-meth-la
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TULSA - Tulsa firefighters responded to a hotel room fire and found an
active meth lab, police say.
Firefighters responded to the call around 9 p.m. at the Tulsa Select
Hotel at 5000 E. Skelly Dr.
When police arrived, no suspects were on the scene.
Tulsa Hazmat was called in to clean up the meth lab.
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FIRE CREATES HAZMAT SCARE - PHILLYBURBS.COM : THE
INTELLIGENCER,http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news
/fire-creates-hazmat-scare/article_525296e6-064d-5472-9157-0b861839f523.ht
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East Rockhill - A small fire at a Perkasie area manufacturing plant on
Saturday turned into a hazmat incident after firefighters were exposed
to an unknown amount of mercury in the building.
Bucks County's hazmat team responded to the incident at PSG Controls
on Tunnel Road in East Rockhill and set up decontamination showers for
firefighters and their equipment.
Medical personnel were also on hand to take firefighters' vital signs.
Both procedures were precautionary, said Leif Loheide, public
information officer for the Perkasie Fire Co.
Eight fire departments and 100 to 125 firefighters responded to the
scene. Most had entered the building.
Forty-five firefighters, who were the closest to the mercury, were
taken to Grand View and St. Luke's Quakertown hospitals to have blood
drawn and to be evaluated. Perkasie Fire Chief Dave Worthington said
the move was precautionary.
PSG Controls manufactures thermostats and electronic controls, which
include mercury.
Hazmat crews found high levels of mercury, Loheide said. Some vials in
the facility had fallen and spilled.
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ACID SPILL ON U.S. HIGHWAY 80 IN LOWNDES COUNTY,
http://www.waka.com/news/west-alabama-news/7075-acid-spill-on-us-highway-8
0-in-lowndes-county.html
=46rom the CBS 8 West Alabama Newsroom -- Hazmat crews are cleaning up
a hazardous chemical spill on U.S. Highway 80 in Lowndes county.
The Burkeville Fire Chief tells CBS 8 News that crews are still
cleaning up 500 gallons of phosphoric acid near White Hall.
He says a tank fell off of a flatbed truck onto the highway this
afternoon. The cleanup is expected to take all night.
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BERITAJAKARTA.COM,
http://www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&id=1884
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At least two plastic factories which also PT Sumber Mas warehouse in
Rawa Lele warehouse area, RT 04/10, Kalideres burned down on Friday
(4/29). Luckily, there are no casualties in the fire incident. But,
money loss predicted up to hundreds of million rupiahs.
Maskun (32) local resident expressed that the fire started at 7 am.
Even though the factory had not operated, dozens of employees had come
to begin their activities. Suddenly fire started inside the factory.
The employees and local resident tried to extinguish the fire. But,
the fire grew bigger and spread to other buildings due to flammable
objects.
"The residents have tried extinguishing the fire but the effort was
result-less," said Maskun, Friday (4/29).
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UNITS CLEAN UP 2 FUEL SPILLS - LANCASTERONLINE.COM NEWS,
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/382835
Firefighters and a hazardous materials team worked to try to contain a
fuel spill in the city Friday morning.
An underground fuel tank was reported to be leaking fuel at about 8:30
a.m. near the Carpet & Tile Mart and Sherwin-Williams stores in
the 1200 block of Manheim Pike, said city fire Captain Ken Barton.
Grass was dead in the area and an unknown amount of fuel had gotten in
a small stream of water, he said.
Absorbent material was put at the stream to try to capture some of the
fuel.
Also on Friday, home heating oil leaked into the Cocalico Creek from a
ruptured fuel tank.
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HOLYOKE INVESTIGATORS SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP IN FINDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DUMPING OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE CHEMICALS |
MASSLIVE.COM,http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/holyoke_invest
igators_seek_pub.html
HOLYOKE - A 14th jug containing chemicals suspected to be the by-
product of the illegal production of methamphetamine found was found
early Friday morning behind the C-Town Supermarket on Cabot Street.
Police Capt. Frederick J. Seklecki said the milk jug was found near
some trash. =93It kind of looked like it had been there for some time,=94
he said.
The discovery of 13 such jugs on Thursday, starting with two found
along the side of Route 5 in the morning, kept emergency personnel,
including members of the State Police Bomb Squad and the Western
Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Team, busy throughout the day.
Enlarge Don Treeger, Republican staff photographer
4-28-11 - Holyoke- Republican staff photo by John Suchocki - Emergency
workers are on the scene of two one gallon jugs half filled with what
is believed to be chemicals from an illegal methamphetamine lab dumped
on Rte. 5 in front of the Calvary cemetery.
Holyoke Hazmat Response on Rte. 5 gallery (8 photos)
Traffic was also disrupted in various areas of the city, starting with
the shut-down of a section of Route 5 for over an hour.
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